HTML element

HTML element is a component of HTML, the language used to create web pages. HTML elements are the building blocks of all websites and are defined by HTML tags.

Overview

HTML elements are the individual components of an HTML document or web page. They are written with a start tag, with or without content, and an end tag. For example, the HTML element

is used to create a paragraph. The content of the paragraph is placed between the start tag (

) and the end tag (

).

Types of HTML Elements

There are several types of HTML elements, including:

• Block-level elements: These elements form a visible block on a page. Examples include
  ,

  to

  (headings),

  (paragraph), and <form>.

• Inline elements: These elements do not start on a new line and only take up as much width as necessary. Examples include , <a> (anchor for hyperlinks), <img> (image), and (bold text).

• Empty or Void elements: These elements do not have a closing tag. Examples include
  (line break),

  ---

  (horizontal rule), and <img> (image).

• Semantic elements: These elements provide information about the type of content they contain. Examples include <article>, <section>, <nav> (navigation), and <header>.

Attributes

HTML elements can also have attributes, which provide additional information about the element. Attributes are included in the start tag and usually come in name/value pairs like name="value". For example, the "src" attribute for the <img> element is used to specify the source URL of an image.

See Also

• HTML
• HTML attribute
• HTML5
• CSS
• JavaScript

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